Al-Qaida
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Nusra says action was taken in retaliation for the arrest of wives of Islamist militants
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The family of Luke Somers call for al-Qaida to release the photojournalist currently held captive in Yemen
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US given three days to meet group’s demands after video emerges of photojournalist who was born in Britain
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British-born photographer who holds American citizenship was kidnapped a year ago in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen
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Haroon Aswat, 40, accused of traveling to the US in 1999 on a mission to set up a training camp in Oregon, has been held in psychiatric hospital since 2008
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US and Yemeni forces rescue eight hostages from mountain cave - but al-Qaida captors escaped days earlier with Briton and US citizen
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Drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan, weakness of Pakistani government and surge of Islamic State mean risk of attack is highest in years, officials and analysts say
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New analysis of data conducted by human rights group Reprieve shared with the Guardian, raises questions about accuracy of intelligence guiding ‘precise’ strikes
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The four suspected al-Qaida members ignored for report received some of the most brutal treatment – US also denied Polish investigators access to two of the detainees this summer
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Jon Swaine: Ex-Navy Seal Matt Bissonette wrote a bestseller on the raid in Abbottabad, but is now being threatened by the US government and contradicted by his former colleague Robert O’Neill in the press. So why has he written another book – and who really killed al-Qaida’s most wanted?
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Islamic State, Boko Haram, the Taliban and al-Qaida responsible for most of the 18,000 killings last year
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Briton thought to have killed four other western hostages shown standing over a severed head
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Sources claim he has had involvement with groups linked to al-Qaida and is thought to have been seeking to join Isis
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On Tuesday, the retired general who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan will publish a candid book likely to be unloved in military and political circles
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Robert O’Neill says that he no longer cares if anyone believes his account of secret mission
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Air strikes on little-known group alleged to be al-Qaida affiliate raise questions about expansion of US air war in Syria and Iraq
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Syrian resistance groups criticise Obama administration’s ‘Iraq-first’ strategy as a de facto alliance with Bashar al-Assad while Isis consolidates influence in Anbar province
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Saleh, believed by some to be orchestrating Houthi rebel uprising, rejected purported demand to leave country by Friday or face international sanctions
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UN report suggests decline of al-Qaida has yielded an explosion of jihadist enthusiasm for its even mightier successor organisations, chiefly Isis
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Jaffar Deghayes described as ‘an honourable man helping fight an oppressive tyrant’
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He tells of prolonged torture in his Syrian cell
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Jaffar Deghayes, 17, whose brothers also joined Jabhat al-Nusra militants, is 25th known British jihadi to be killed in the conflict
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He has been under arrest since 2005
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Comedian refers to ‘interesting’ relationship between Bush and Bin Laden during appearance on BBC2’s Newsnight programme
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Russian held at Bagram airfield in Afghanistan will face charges in US federal court as Obama administration decides against controversial commissions
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Islamic State’s military prowess and string of defections leave once-formidable Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the ropes
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Al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf says German man and woman have been released after ransom received in full
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Afghan intelligence service claims detention of Anis Haqqani and Hafiz Rashid is a major blow to al-Qaida-linked militants
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Development suggests Houthis, who have overrun capital, may attempt to carve out mini-state within country
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Jonathan Powell’s advocacy of dialogue with Islamist terrorist groups glosses over some fundamental obstacles, writes Jason Burke
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Sharif Mobley, held by US-backed Yemeni security agency in secret, reportedly had to drink from urine-laced bottles
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Kurdish insurrection gathers steam against Ankara’s ‘inaction to protect Turkey’ as well as against Islamic State incursion
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She tells stories of Dutch and American rebel fighters
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Terrorism can never be defeated by military means alone. But how do you talk to militants with blood on their hands? Britain’s chief negotiator of the Northern Ireland peace deal, Jonathan Powell, explains how it can – and must – be done (for a start, always shake hands)
The refusal to talk to hostage-takers has sucked the US and UK into war